'Inadvertent error': Meta India apologises for Mark Zuckerberg's remark on 2024 elections in India

Jan 15, 2025, at 08:55 pm

Meta India has apologised for its CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s statement that the incumbent government in India lost the 2024 general elections due to its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meta will have to apologise: Parliamentary Standing Committee to summon social media giant over Mark Zuckerberg's election claim

Jan 15, 2025, at 12:12 am

New Delhi/IBNS: A Parliamentary Standing Committee has decided to summon Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg over his remark on the 2024 Indian general election.

Let’s uphold facts and credibility: Union Minister Ashwini Vaisnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg over India elections claim

Jan 13, 2025, at 09:20 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister Ashwini Vaisnaw Monday trashed Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg's claim on the results of the Lok Sabha polls last year where he claimed that most incumbent governments, including India, lost elections in 2024.

Facebook to rebrand itself with a new name: Report

Oct 20, 2021, at 10:04 pm

Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, The Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

'Facebook employees on record abuse PM Modi', Ravi Shankar Prasad writes to Mark Zuckerberg

Sep 02, 2020, at 05:47 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Amid a row over Facebook being allegedly biased towards the members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written a letter to the social media giant's founder Mark Zuckerberg alleging quite the opposite.

Congress demands thorough, impartial probe in Facebook India operations

Aug 18, 2020, at 11:15 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Tuesday asked Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to institute a thorough and impartial investigation into the Facebook India operations.

Rahul Gandhi should apologise: BJP after Zuckerberg testimony

Apr 12, 2018, at 04:48 am

New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS): Union Law Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said Congress President Rahul Gandhi apologise for his tweets and "promise not to manipulate voters in future".

Cambridge Analytica: Whistle-blower says firm helped major political parties in India

Mar 28, 2018, at 11:38 pm

New Delhi/London: Christopher Wylie, the whistle-blower in the Cambridge Analytica saga, revealed on Tuesday that the UK-based firm has offices in India and has been helping major Indian political parties during election campaigns.